Indonesian Sweet Potato Soup

Name: Indonesian Sweet Potato Soup
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: 5 cm piece of galangal or fresh ginger, peeled and chopped; 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into small chunks; 150 ml coconut milk; 1 tablespoon nam pla (Thai fish sauce); 1 tablespoon nam pla (Thai fish sauce); 1 litre well-flavoured chicken stock; 4 sticks of lemon grass, outer husks removed, chopped; 200 ml sambal oelek; 20 g coriander leaves and stalks, separated; 20 g coriander leaves and stalks, separated; 5 cm piece of galangal or fresh ginger, peeled and chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Paul Gayler's Sauce Book

By Paul Gayler

Published 2015

About

The natural sweetness in sweet potato makes it the perfect vegetable for this Asian-inspired soup, which I first prepared many years ago for an American guest who requested a spicy hot soup flavoured with coconut. This is my result - and it went down a treat!

Ingredients

1 litre well-flavoured chicken stock
4 sticks of lemon grass, outer husks removed, chopped

Asia
Indonesia
Spicy
Soup
South East Asia

Method

Put the chicken stock, lemon grass, sambal oelek and coriander stalks in a pan and bring to the boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
Add the galangal or ginger and the sweet potatoes to the pan and simmer for 15 minutes, or until very soft. Remove from the heat and leave to cool slightly.
Transfer to a blender and blitz until smooth, then